(16 May 2024)
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Bratislava – 16 May 2024
1. Wide of newspapers
2. Newspaper headline reading (Slovak): “Assassination attempt on prime minister Fico after government meeting”
3. Newspaper headline reading (Slovak): “Assassination attempt on prime minister”
4. Newspaper headline reading (Slovak) “Assassination attempt”
5. Wide of newspaper headlines
6. Wide of presidential palace with pedestrians walking by
7. SOUNDBITE (Slovak) Zuzana Eliasova, resident:
“I think it’s absolutely inadmissible, any attack on human life or health cannot be happening. It’s also an attack on democracy and I think the whole country is in shock from what happened.”
8. Mid of Slovakia and EU flags
9. Mid of fence with guard and palace in background
10. Mid of guard
11. SOUNDBITE (Slovak) Zuzana Eliasova, resident:
“I believe that a lot of people or even the whole society will look into their conscience because the polarisation here has been huge among all different parts of society. And I think as a society we should wake up and start acting as humans.”
12. Close of guard with fence in foreground
13. Mid of rifle
14. Wide of pedestrians
15. Low shot of pedestrian walking
16. SOUNDBITE (Slovak) Peter (last name not given), resident:
“Even though I’m not a fan of Mr. Fico’s politics this is no way to deal with the current situation. It is absolutely inadmissible to be dealing with anything in such a manner.”
17. Wide of presidential palace
STORYLINE:
Slovak residents shared their reactions in the country’s capital on Thursday the morning after the assassination attempt against Prime Minister Robert Fico.
Fico was in a stable but serious condition on Thursday after being shot multiple times a day earlier, a hospital official said.
The government said five shots were fired at Fico on Wednesday outside a cultural center where he was meeting with supporters.
The assassination attempt dominated local and international news outlets.
Zuzana Eliasova, Bratislava resident, called the attempt an "attack on democracy".
She hoped that the incident will make people "look into their conscience because the polarisation here has been huge among all different parts of society."
Another resident condemned the assassination attempt, saying that it was "no way to deal with the current situation".
A suspect was in custody, and an initial investigation found “a clear political motivation” behind the assassination attempt, Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok said Wednesday.
Fico has long been a divisive figure in Slovakia and beyond, but his return to power last year on a pro-Russian, anti-American message led to even greater worries among fellow European Union members that he would lead his country further from the Western mainstream.
AP video by Philipp Jenne
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